From the moment I laid eyes on you I couldn't stop looking at you. From the moment we talked I couldn't stop arguing with you. From the moment we kissed I couldn't stop kissing you. And from the momen...
Brittany was right. I don’t belong here. It doesn’t matter, because even if I don’t belong in this place, she’s here and I want to be where she is.Well, what did you want to talk about? she asks.I wis...
Believe me, I know people who have doting Grandmas. Jessica's Grandma Pearl spent four years knitting her a blanket. And she's got arthritis. I wonder what Grandma Pearl would think if she knew Jessi...
And what do you want right now? Right now I itch to heal his wounds and forget my own.He touches my cheek with the tips of his fingers.My breath hitches. Do you want to kiss me, Alex? I whisper.Dios m...
Ahora quiere que en un solo día pasemos del «Me alegro de verte después de todo un verano separados» al «Tócate mientras me pelo la banana». Tengo la sensación de estar en medio de una canción de regu...
You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen.
What is this? A Smart Car. It looks like an SUV took a dump and out came the Smart Car. I wouldn’t be surprised if Westford had said it was one of those toy cars that kids drive around.
Two weeks later I’m the last one in the locker room to change for gym. The click of heels makes me look up. It’s Carmen Sanchez. I don’t freak out. Instead, I stand and look right at her.He was back i...
Knocking on the Ellises’ door ten minutes later with the pink horn and streamers in hand, I try to put on the I-am-a-cool-motherfucker pose.When Brittany opens the door wearing a baggy T-shirt and sho...
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I like that girl more that I can remember likin’ anything in my life. I’m not about to give her up. I’ll start carin’ what people think when I am six feet under.
I didn’t want to like you, I admit, looking back up at him.I know. This probably won’t work, I tell him.Probably not.My home life’s not so perfect.That makes two of us, he says.I’m willing to find out...
Come here, he says, pulling me against him. I don’t want to go to the wedding anymore. I’d rather have you all to myself.No way, I say, running a slow finger along the side of his jaw.You’re a tease.I...
Alex kneels down to Shelley's level. The simple act of respect tears at something suspiciously like my heart. Colin always ignores my sister, treating her as if she's blind and deaf as well as physica...
Alex and Carlos—the tag team from hell. They’re the last people I need shit from right now. If they decide to trail me, too, I’ll have an entire entourage.I’m fine.Then sit up and talk to us.Okay, in...
A Mexican guy named Sam pushes Gary Frankel next to Isabel. This guy can break your arm with one snap, asshole. Get out of my sight before I sic him on you, Sam says. Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt...
I take a long drag, thankful for nicotine. I feel calmer immediately. Okay, so my lungs are probably shriveled up, but I have a good idea I’ll probably die before my lungs decide to quit on me.
Get out of the car.Give me one good reason why I should?Because if you don’t, I’m gonna drag you out. Trust me, He puts my keys in his back pocket and steps out of my car. Seeing no other options, I f...